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Trafigura to Pay $126 Million and Plead Guilty to Brazil Bribes
"Trafigura Group will pay $126 million and plead guilty to US charges related to bribery in Brazil, in the latest case involving...
Mar 27, 20241 min read


Luc Tack must regain the trust of Tessenderlo investor
'The market seems to have completely lost confidence in Tack,' says Naard Broeckaert, a renowned asset manager. Why is that? Tessenderlo...
Mar 25, 20242 min read


Sophisticated bribery schemes commodity traders have developed to rip off poor countries
The LinkedIn post from Jack Farchy, author of the highly insightful book hashtag#TheWorldForSale and renowed Energy and Commodities...
Mar 18, 20242 min read


The justice system's shameful stain
Isabel Albers writes in De Tijd: 'There are too many structural problems with Lady Justice. And I don't even want to mention the...
Feb 17, 20241 min read


Auditor Deloitte hedges its bets on conviction in Nyrstar case
Following a period of over four years during which we have been urging the former and current commissioners of Nyrstar to take...
Feb 13, 20242 min read


Justice Department looks the other way in Nyrstar case
Rik Van Cauwelaert's column is spot on. 'The Belgian judiciary has a regrettable shortcoming: it is no longer able to resolve financial...
Jan 5, 20242 min read


Two cases against Trafigura on suspicious payments
This year, Saint Nicholas once again generously distributed gifts to all the well-behaved children. The minority shareholders of Nyrstar,...
Dec 6, 20232 min read


Biocartis: shareholders resist ‘expropriation’
Biocartis is yet another Belgian listed company in trouble that is disappearing from the Brussels stock exchange, at a time when the...
Oct 12, 20232 min read


Von der Leyen: 'Europe opens subsidy investigation into electric cars from China'
“From wind to steel, from batteries to electric vehicles — our ambition is crystal clear: the future of our clean tech industry must be...
Sep 13, 20232 min read


Accounting firms accused of ‘operating with impunity’ as regulator flags growing number of flawed audits
Investigative journalism by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) shows that (i) US regulators are...
Aug 1, 20231 min read


Audit firms fight to block expansion of fraud detection role
The US is preparing new rules to increase the responsibility of audit firms with respect to corporate fraud. These new rules would widen...
Jul 31, 20232 min read


Netherlands Breaks with Self-Regulation in Legal Profession
In the Netherlands, a break is being made with corporatist oversight in the legal profession:“Oversight of the legal profession is being...
Jun 29, 20231 min read


Open letter: "Appeal to the Belgian Government and the Presidents of the Belgian Political Parties"
The signatories of this appeal are individuals or companies who intentionally invest in Belgian enterprises.We do this from a perspective...
May 28, 20206 min read
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